“Democracy needs weapons. Democracy needs a victory. This year!”
During a speech at the session of the second Summit for Democracy, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that Russian aggression against Ukraine is a war precisely against freedom and democracy.
“Democracy must be able to act – and act in advance. Democracy must learn to be uncompromising in the face of evil. The spirit of democracy is to find a compromise, but this only works for internal freedom in a given country. We should get rid of the illusion that compromising with evil can give something to freedom,” stated Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“We should not think about how to save Putin’s face in order to reduce the cost of fighting him. We should think about how to preserve respect for democracy in those countries where freedom has yet to win,” added the Ukrainian President.
